SCHROON LAKE, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A swimmer recently went the distance in Schroon Lake by swimming across the lake the long way. Becky Thompson was visiting her uncle who has a house on Schroon Lake when ...

"Just do it." Yes, that’s a 20-year-old advertising slogan and practically a cultural joke now. But that tagline gets startlingly real as my bare toes clasp a gnarly rock ledge and I stare 30 feet ...

TOMPKINS COUNTY, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Bridgette Hobart is making her second swim at Cayuga Lake, in honor of a cause that impacted her family. Hobart lost her nephew and godson Corey to suicide after a ...

The swimmers will swim into Cayuga lake village of Cayuga and conclude the relay nearly 20 hours later at Allan H. Treman State Marine Park in Ithaca, supported by a boat and individual kayakers. The ...

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include details of DeWitt’s finish. Stroke after stroke, Rachael DeWitt, 30, completed her 16-mile marathon swim of Skaneateles Lake just before 3 p.m ...